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1
to assign a high status or value to
- a movie that aggrandizes the bad guys and makes the cops look like dopes
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2
to make greater in size, amount, or number
- a generous grant, enabling the library to significantly aggrandize its collection
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- bump (up),
- ratchet (up)
- also rachet (up)
- beef (up),
- reinforce
- (also reenforce),
- strengthen
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The first known use of aggrandize was in 1634
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